McCLURE, James Albertus, a Representative and a Senator from Idaho; born in Payette, Payette
County, Idaho, December 27, 1924; attended the public schools of Payette,
Idaho; United States Navy 1942-1946; graduated, University of Idaho College of
Law 1950; admitted to the bar in 1950 and commenced practice in Payette, Idaho;
prosecuting attorney of Payette County 1950-1956; city attorney of Payette
1953-1966; member, State senate 1961-1966; member of the Payette County Central
Committee for fifteen years; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth Congress;
reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1973);
was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives, but was
elected in 1972 to the United States Senate; reelected in 1978 and again in
1984 and served from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1991; not a candidate for
reelection in 1990; chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
(Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congresses), Senate Republican Conference
chairman (1981-1985); engaged in mining consulting business in Washington, DC;
was a resident of Garden City, Idaho, at the time of his death on February 26,
2011.